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12 Points from America

12 Points from America

Welcome to the one show that dares to combine a long-time Eurovision expert, a pop music fanboy, a guy who"s new to this, and Derek. 12 Points from America is an irreverent and insightful podcast about four best friends coming together to discuss the Eurovision Song Contest. In America! Featuring a mix of trivia, humor, and delightful camaraderie, 12 Points from America is your new favorite look into the world"s greatest music event.

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57:02

Episode 174: A Second Chance at (Fan) Glory

12 Points from America ·

2023/06/30

One of the first landmark moments of every Eurovision offseason is the OGAE Second Chance Contest – because who wouldn’t want to do this whole thing again? This week, we […]

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57:00

Episode 173: The Bourg is Back in Town

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2023/06/23

The Eurovision Grand Final was cool and all, but the big news of the day was that our old pal Luxembourg is finally coming back to the contest. To celebrate, […]

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57:30

Episode 172: 2023 Wrap-Up: Listener Mailbag

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2023/06/16

While we’ve done our best to answer plenty of questions left by this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, we also wanted to take a moment to answer some of your questions […]

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51:59

Episode 171: 2023 Wrap-Up: The Semifinals

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2023/06/09

This week, our Eurovision wrap-up continues with some big questions about this year’s semifinals. How rare is a semifinal nul-pointer? Should the juries come back? Has Erik been to Iceland? […]

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44:50

Episode 170: 2023 Wrap-Up: The Grand Final

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2023/06/02

Is going first the new going second? What happened to Germany? How does Italy keep crushing it? After focusing almost entirely on Sweden and Finland last week, the team looks […]

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41:09

Episode 169: 2023 Wrap-Up: Sweden and Finland

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/26

We’re back home! In the first of a new series of undetermined length, the team is discussing the stats, surprises, and other aspects of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. To […]

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18:05

Episode 168: Eurovision 2023 Grand Final Reactions

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2023/05/21

Moments after the conclusion of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, the team gathered – with a special guest! – to discuss Sweden’s victory, Finland’s incredible showing, and the many surprises […]

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26:06

Episode 167: Eurovision 2023: Grand Final Preview

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/13

In anticipation of this year’s incredible grand final, the whole team – even Danny! – found a way to convene and talk about the week that’s been, analyze the running […]

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28:26

Episode 166: Eurovision 2023: Semifinal 2 Results and...

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/12

And just like that, we’ve got ourselves a final! Just after the second semifinal adjourned, Sam, Erik, and Derek (and The EuroWhat’s Ben!) convened to discuss the night’s qualifiers.

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46:23

Episode 165: Eurovision 2023: Semifinal 2 Impressions...

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/11

With the first two run-throughs of semi 2 behind us, the team is joined by the always amazing Liz and by Ben Smith from The EuroWhat? to discuss the upcoming […]

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19:18

Episode 164: Eurovision 2023: Semifinal 1 Results and...

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/10

As this year’s first semifinal came to a close, Sam, Derek, and Erik convened to share their immediate reactions to the qualifiers, non-qualifiers, and the many surprises of the night.

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23:10

Episode 163: Eurovision 2023: Semifinal 1 Impressions...

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/09

Fresh off an in-person look at this year’s first semifinal, Sam, Derek, and Erik offer their initial reactions to the arena, the performances, the interval acts, and more! The team […]

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40:57

Episode 162: Liverpool is Liver-cool

12 Points from America ·

2023/05/08

Happy Eurovision week! To kick off the festivities, we were joined by Ben from The Eurowhat? Podcast as we broke down what’s been going on here in Liverpool, how the […]

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38:59

Episode 161: Greetings From Liverpool (Partially)

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2023/05/05

This week, Erik checks in from Liverpool to talk with Derek and Danny about first impressions of the city, as well as our first reactions to the contest’s ever-so-enticing early […]

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48:37

Episode 160: 2023 Eurovision Preview – The Finale!

12 Points from America ·

2023/04/28

We’ve previewed all 37 songs from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and the time has come to crown a champion. This week, the 12 Points team reveals their individual top […]

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1:30:00

Episode 159: 2023 Eurovision Preview, Part 6 (ft. Liz!)

12 Points from America ·

2023/04/21

For our sixth and final ESC song preview episode, we’re welcoming the wonderful Liz back to the show. She and the 12 Points team break down their thoughts on Greece, […]

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1:20:23

Episode 158: 2023 Eurovision Preview, Part 5 (ft....

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2023/04/14

For this week’s Eurovision preview episode, we’re welcoming back our good friend and ESC veteran Lisa-Jayne Lewis to discuss this year’s hopefuls from Spain, Lithuania, Cyprus, Latvia, Romania, and Sweden.

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1:24:47

Episode 157: 2023 Eurovision Preview, Part 4 (ft....

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2023/04/07

As we roll into the second half of our song preview series, we’re welcoming North Macedonia’s Eurovision legend Vasil Garvanliev to share his thoughts and let us know what he’s […]

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1:18:47

Episode 156: 2023 Eurovision Preview, Part 3 (ft....

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2023/03/31

For our third set of Eurovision song previews, we’re welcoming friend of the show and ESC Twitter mainstay Dudepoints to discuss the entries from Estonia, Denmark, Croatia, Switzerland, San Marino, […]

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1:27:28

Episode 155: 2023 Eurovision Preview, Part 2 (ft. Nova)

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2023/03/24

Not content to stick with one half of the peerless duo Novympia, this week we’re welcoming Nova to the show for another round of previews! This week we discuss this […]

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